Tag-stringing device



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' 1,501,178 c. s. PATTERSON TAG STRINGING DVIGE Filed June 1l'. 1923 Kiwa/550, l.

Patented July 15, 1924.

CHARLES S. PATTERSON, O'F LEWISTON, MAINE.

TAG-STRINGING DEVICE.

Applieationled .Tune 11, 1923. SerialNo. 644,715.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. PATTER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Tag-Stringing Device, of which the following is a specification. y

The present invention rela-tes to a device especially designed for use in Stringing tags or the like, the primary object of the invention being to provide a device of this character that will permit of the stringing of tags by the use of a continuous string, eliminating the necessity of cutting the string yinto predetermined lengt-hs before Stringing the tags.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby a pull on the string by the operator after a tag has been threaded, will cause the string to be cut.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is an elevational view disclosing a tag threading device constructed in accordance with the invent-ion.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in the detail, the reference character 5 designates a support which is formed with a right angled extremity 6 provided with suitable openings to receive the securing screws 7, whereby the support may be secured to a suitable supporting surface.

This support 5 is provided with an opening disposed at a point in spaced relation with the free end thereof, which opening accommodates the. threaded shaft 8 on which operates the nut 9 that cooperates with fthe nut 10 for securing the device to the support 5.

The tubular member 11 which is forced into engagement with the support 5 by means of the nut 10 is provided with a threaded opening to accommodate the screw 12 that is disposed in the slot 13 `formed at one end of the tubular body portion 14.

As shown, the member 8 is relatively long and is provided with a knife 15 at its outer extremity, which knife is normally guarded by the tubular member 16y that is shown as extending over the outer extremity of the shaft 8.

This shaft 8 is provided with an eye 17 designed to receive the string employed in Stringing tags, so that by placing the string in the eye, the string may be readily inserted through the usual string receiving opening of a tag. Positioned on the shaft 8 is a .contractile spring' 18 that has one end thereof secured to the shaft between the nuts 10 and 19, the opposite end of the spring being secured to the tubular member 16 so that the tubular member will be normally held to the limit of its inward movement.

Surrounding the spring 18 is an expansible spring 2O that has one end thereof bearing against one end of the tubular member 11, while the opposite end thereof engages the shoulder 2O forming the inner edge of the enlargement 21 providing a part of the tubular body portion 14.

Thus it will be seen that the tubular body portion 14 is normally held to the limit of its outward movement to normally close the eye of the shaft.

In the use of the device, a string is positioned around the body portion 14. A tag is now placed against the outer end of the body 14 and the member 14 forced inwardly until the eye 16 and knife 15 protrudes through the hole in the tag. With the tag in this position, the string is doubled and passed into the hook or eye 16, the tag being then removed to the end that the half hitch used in Stringing tags is formed and the tag strung.

A pull is now directed to the string which moves the tubular member 16 over the knife 15 causing the knife to contact with the string and cut the same.

I claim 1. A tag threading device including a support, a shaft secured to the support, a tubular member on the shaft and contacting with one side of the support, means for holding the tubular member into engagement with the support, a tubular body Vportion movable over the shaft, a coiled spring Within the body portion for normally holding the body portion to the limit of its out-V ward movement, zt knife formed at the outer end of the shaft, a tubular member disposed i over the knife, a coiled spring for normally holding the tubular member to u, position to cover the knife, and said lust mentioned tubular member having van eye formed therein.

Q. A tag threading device including a support, a shaft mountedfon the support, said shaft having a knife formed at the outer end thereof, a tubulzir member movable over one end of the shafty and having an eye to Laccommodate zr string, a tubular body portion movable over the shaft, und seid knife adapted to cut the string placed in the eye when a pull is directed to the string positioned in the eye.

3. A tag threading` device including a support, ay shaft secured to the support, und having a knife formed at its outer end, :t tubularguarding member positioned on the shaft :1nd ladupted to normally cover the knife, said tubular guarding member having un eye to accommodate u string, said eye being disposed adjacent to the knife, said knife adapted to cut e string held in the eye when a pull is directed to the string in u direction away from the shaft, and u tubular body portion for housing the shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto uflixed my signature in the presence of tivo Witnesses.

CHARLES S. PATTERSON.V

fitnesses FRED A. BASSETT, EDWARD CALLAHAN. 

